superelevation

[ soo-per-el-uh-vey-shuhn ]

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noun

superelevation

/ ˌsuːpərˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən /

another name for bank 2
the difference between the heights of the sides of a road or railway track on a bend

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1645–55, in sense “elevation to a higher rank”; 1885–90 for current sense; super- + elevation

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The amount of superelevation required, therefore, varies as the square of the velocity and inversely as the radius of the curve.

This tendency is counteracted by designing the cross section with superelevation.

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